Since we haven’t had the official premieres of new shows, I sincerely hope nothing’s been canceled yet. You never know. I mean Boss received a Season 2 pickup before it even premiered. That worked out well didn’t it? But I think it’s safe to say that nothing is canceled yet.

So for all those questions about “When is Golden Boy coming back” (it isn’t), you’ll still be able to check last May’s final renewed and canceled shows. As soon as something gets the ax, that’s when I’ll update it. I know some shows are already renewed for next year (Glee – as she rolls her eyes) and on their last season (How I Met Your Mother) but I’m still going to wait.

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The renew/cancel tracker is now updated with all the renewals and cancellations through May 1 2013. Remember on my tracker, only if it’s officially announced as canceled or renewed, will the show be on the list. We all know Smash isn’t coming back but no official cancellation has come out so I will wait for that (plus I’m holding out some hope!)

Renewals I’m Happy/Thrilled About:

Parenthood

Grimm

The Good Wife

Elementary

Blue Bloods

The Following

Arrow

Person of Interest

The one I’m most excited for is Parenthood. This is a show that’s been on the bubble I think every season it’s been on the air and this is the first season the ratings were strong enough that it was pretty secure for a renewal. What I was even MORE thrilled about is that is was renewed not just for 15 episodes (like it had been) but the FULL 22 episode season!!!! I couldn’t be happier for the cast and crew because that is seriously one of the best written and acted shows on TV. I feel the same way about The Good Wife and I’m so excited it’s coming back. I’m hearing rumors it may be moved to Friday nights….FANTASTIC because Sundays were killing me!!!! And not because I can’t stay up to watch it but because all the sports on CBS (NFL football), March Madness, The Masters, etc would always delay the start and screw up my DVR. Plus, poor The Mentalist, I haven’t watched it all season because it’s time slot was basically The Good Wife for most of the season. Don’t get me wrong, I’m the biggest sports fan you’ll meet. But that scheduling didn’t do either show any justice. Plus Blue Bloods and The Good Wife on Fridays makes me VERY happy!!!

Renewals I’m Scratching My Head About:

Glee

Two and a Half Men

Beauty & the Beast

CSI

So not only was the abomination that is Glee renewed for next season, it was renewed for TWO seasons! I really don’t get it. That show is atrocious!!!!! And the ratings are getting worse every season. The only thing I can think of is that it was a deal Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuck made with FOX to get it renewed and that Season 6 will be its last season. One can hope!

Cancellations I’m Most Upset About:

Ben & Kate

Last Resort

Smash (assuming it’s officially canceled)

Upfronts will be here before you know it. Every thing will be official at that point. Really the big network we’re waiting on is ABC because FOX, The CW, NBC, and CBS have renewed and canceled most of their shows with the exception of a handful still out there. So ABC will be the big one.

The cancelation of Do No Harm, is no surprise. It premiered to the worst numbers in the history of TV’s big four (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX.) With that benchmark, there was no where for it to go but canceled. So I guess I can removed that from my DVR.

I’ve made this argument before. I think shows that premiere in February and beyond for “mid-season” are too late. Mid season should have a premiere week like the fall season. Maybe you have a few new shows air early, but for the most part, everything premieres at one time and nothing new really premieres too much after that. The reason being, everyone is set in their TV viewing habits, for the season, by Feb. Also, when you stagger all these premiere dates out between Jan-May, people forget what is premiering and when. I forgot about shows like Do No Harm and Monday Mornings. I have no idea when Zero Hour premieres off the top of my head. If I have to remember all these dates, screw it. I can’t be bothered. I have more important things to do. That’s not to say I wouldn’t be interested in those shows, I just can’t be bothered to remember when everything new is premiering. It’s insane. Not to mention, I already have my DVRs packed with shows. You have to be something really great (like The Following) to make it into my DVR for mid season. Or, promote it really heavily (like Smash did last year) to make sure I know when your show is on. But even then, it’s a crap shoot with me.

Networks are doing mid season shows a disservice to premiere them so late and so staggered. In my opinion, don’t even bother airing it because more than likely, it’s going to fail. You have the rare gem (The Following, Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy) that premiere mid season and became big successes. Although the jury is still out on the Following but the early numbers are very impressive. But many times, your stuck with a Work It, Alcatraz, Don’t Trust the B, The Cape, or Eli Stone (which still bugs me that it was canceled.) And in some instances, these aren’t bad shows. Eli Stone, Alcatraz, The Chicago Code, Bent…these were good shows. But no one cared because they premiered too late. As long as networks continue to keep premiering mid season shows this way, this is what is going to happen…many more failures than successes.

Christina Applegate is leaving Up All Night. I stopped watching that after four episodes last year and never came back. I loved Applegate and Will Arnet but I couldn’t stand Maya Rudolph’s character. I love Rudolph, but her character was beyond annoying. She detracted from the show for me. So I stopped watching. I heard they re-tooled the show but I was already onto other shows at that point. And now the rumor is that they are re-tooling the re-tooled show. What is going on? If you need to re-tool your show that many times, you should just wave the white flag because your show must not be that good and you obviously don’t know what you want. I give shows credit that when they see something wrong, they try to correct it. Although there are some shows that still don’t care, but for the ones that do, I applaud them. Changing or adjusting a few things here or there is one thing. Completely re-doing your show twice in less than a year? Then there’s a bigger problem. The series creator has left the show. The original show runner left the show. Now one of the stars is leaving the show. Ok NBC, enough is enough. Pull the show. If the people behind the show don’t even believe in their show, why should I or any viewer? Pull the plug.

Since the new TV season hasn’t officially started yet, I am going to leave the 2011/2012 Renew/Cancel Tracker where it is for now. I know many people who, even after all this time, still might not be aware if their show was renewed or canceled. And for the last two years have gotten at least one “Where is Lie to Me?” “Was Harry’s Law canceled?” So for those people who are looking for those answers, I will leave it up until the first show gets canceled. (Hopefully that won’t be within the first two weeks!)

A few surprises on the ABC renew/cancel front coming over late yesterday evening:

RENEWED:

Private Practice

Scandal

Body of Proof

Last Man Standing

Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apt 23

CANCELED:

Pan Am

The River

Missing

GCB

I think the biggest surprise for me is that Body of Proof was renewed while GCB was canceled. BoP is a better show but it’s ratings were awful. GCB’s ratings were better than BoP by a good amount. I’m curious to find out more about the decision.

Private Practice was another show I thought had a good chance of going. But I think ABC did the right thing and give it a short (13-15 episode) final season renewal. I don’t think it’s been officially announced as a final season but all indications are that is the plan, which makes perfect sense. The show was never great to begin with and it’s beyond tired at this point.

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I’ve decided with as fast and as furious as these renewals and cancellations are coming in and with not a lot of detail behind them, it’s better to put them both on one post.

The CW has just announced the following shows:

RENEWED:

Nikita

Hart of Dixie

Gossip Girl….for a FINAL season

CANCELED:

Ringer

The Secret Circle

Ringer probably bums me the most. It became a much better show as it went on but I think it lost too many people early on to catch back up. It was getting strong, in the ratings, at the end, but just not enough.

Gossip Girl, it’s about time. That shows has run it’s course and it’s time to say good-bye…I actually said good-bye this year to the show. 90210 was already renewed before this announcement as were The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural.